Re: Amorphophallus bulbifer

From: kk at netgate.net (Krzysztof Kozminski) on 1997.02.18 at 04:27:47(383) Wilbert wrote: >If you have a bulbifer that makes offsets, then you don't have a bulbifer! >Then again, maybe I am in for a surprise here. Has your plant ever flowered? Yes, last year; this is the plant that had been initially suspected to be A.muelleri due to my misinterpretation of what a `root scar' was, and had been diagnosed as A.bulbifer only after you saw the photos. >Does the leaf produce bulblets annually? Yes, very much so (last time: 17 bulblets). Maybe my memory is playing tricks on me, but I am reasonably sure that I remember +More digging up the tuber and thinking "well, if I planted these funny things from the leaf wrong side up and they do not sprout, the tuber offsets seem to be sure bets." In fact, until recently, I thought that all Amorphs produce tuber offsets, and was displeased that A.ankarana did not (too small, I guess). I'll just make sure to watch it really carefully this year. KK ====================================== Krzysztof Kozminski kk@net#gate.net (remove # before replying) "Applying computer technology is simply finding the right wrench to pound in the correct screw."

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